MacOS client
Proton Drive really needs the ability to sync desktop files automatically. This post focuses on a Mac OS client for Proton Drive.
Thanks for your feedback and patience, Proton Drive for MacOS is now available!
- https://proton.me/blog/proton-drive-mac-app
- https://proton.me/drive/download
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Leni commented
I believe that this area should be closed so that users can exercise their right to vote.
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Pite commented
I don't consider Drive to be anything more than a one-off until we have a way to sync with the desktop on Mac. Currently using Sync.com for this until Proton has it.
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Anon. commented
Brave Browser Apps already does this for me. I'm not entirely sure how but after the last update it started turning my Proton stuff on my Mac into app like popups I could pin to my dock. It had already been doing this to some things on my android phone when I went to 'add to homescreen' sometimes it would have an 'install Proton' app like option instead, that behaved like an app but wasn't an app.
The main difference between this 'app like' option on my mac vs the actual app on my phone is that it's part of the Brave Browser so if I open it up when I restart my mac all my Brave Browser pages will wake up as well. So it takes it a bit longer for everything to wake up again during the initial opening process if Brave wasn't already awake, also if you had a few browser pages open previously you suddenly have lots of things flying open instead of just the Drive, Calendar or Emails opening. Which wasn't so ideal if you are temporarily switching on your phone data to do one or two things before switching it off again, but otherwise once everything is open and you have internet it works great.
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Rafael Jiménez Alés commented
And create plans for life
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Stef commented
I feel the same way.
For example: the search function still doesn't exist in Proton Drive via Safari on MacOS whereas it is there with Firefox and Chrome. It's hard to understand why this hasn't been fixed yet. -
Cerillium commented
Totally agree with Damian’s comments…
Proton has so much potential - and it’s clear we all want to support that vision of privacy - but it’s held back by a lot of silly things, mainly the integration into Mac!
Proton pass is not supported on Safari (mac’s browser)
There’s NO dedicated proton mail app on Mac
Proton Drive has zero Mac integration - (the core idea of a drive is it should be useable like one.)
Calendar integration is lacking.
Overall I purchased the ultimate tier and I’m happy to pay for development of that privacy goal, but in the meantime I find myself unable to use any of these services to their fullest;
Instead of protonpass I stick to 1Password (which works in safari and has vault sharing)
Instead of protondrive I stick to pcloud (which has full integration into the file system)
ProtonMail is usable on iPhone but can’t we just get a dedicated Mac app?
ProtonVPN is solid on Mac, but the rest are missing OBVIOUS usability features or functionality (like standalone programs).
Don’t take it as negative feedback, but rather as CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM… we all want the Proton ecosystem to be amazing but in your push you are leaving behind very simple basic functionality which hampers wider adoption!
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Damian commented
Proton Drive is essentially useless without the ability to sync to/from the OS filesystem. SMBs (especially technical and creative types who are personas most likely to consider proton) are more likely to use Mac than large enterprises - proton's services are more likely to be purchased by individuals and SMBs than large enterprises. Porting the functionality to Mac is not as big a job as building the functionality for the first time (which you've already done for windows) - hire a developer with knowledge of Mac OS FS for 3 months and it will be done. Get a grip on reality, as these silly product decisions continue to frustrate the hell out of people... I have my personal accounts on a proton visionary plan but I've been trying to move my business from Google to Proton for (literally) several years now, and I just cannot do it because of these types of issues (calendar was another frustration).
Does anyone from Proton actually bother to read this "User Voice" feedback? -
Cerillium commented
This is so critical for the service to be legitimate. Also it NEEDS a mac version of the app.
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Jaap commented
yes please
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Arnas commented
Yes we need Proton Drive client same as Dropbox has now, that's the only issue we having right now tbh ;D
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Arnas commented
We need macOS client, non less than ProtonMail macOS app.
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AJ Anderson commented
must have
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.. commented
I would be nice to use Proton Drive as Network-Storage (CIFS, SMB, WebDav, S3, FTP) using Proton Drive Desktop as local server (with the ability to connect from LAN-Devices)
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Jürgen commented
In order for any application to become successful, it must integrate with the OS for customer experience. The current manual upload via https is not user friendly and the Windows App (I installed Parallels Desktop to overcome the shortfall of the Mac OS client) won't run on ARM processors, leaving us Mac users out in the cold.
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Jon commented
This would be great. Sync has this capability with windows and it makes for a workflow that feels efficient and not sluggish. Wish someone would make this work for linux.
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ptrsns commented
bingo. without the desktop app (with streaming option instead of keeping a copy on the computer) the team process will be stalled. must-have solution.
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Imajica commented
I too am holding back on this. Without a desktop app similar to OneDrive or DropBox, I cannot really use the drive. It is way too much of a pain to download a file, edit it, then upload it back again, manually. Just not worth the effort. So I stick with DropBox.
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Mohamed Abdihakim commented
I'll describe my thought's on this with three words: "THIS IS HUGE!!!!"
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Conspire with the Universe commented
I would like to use my Drive space to maintain a backup of my hard drive. It seems that the most user friendly way to do this is through a client with syncing at the drive/folder level. I am currently using Amazon, but they are outmoding it and I need a replacement. I don't want to use Google or Microsoft or Apple or DropBox. Please give us another option that is private.
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Mark commented
Same for me: this is pretty mandatory functionality to migrate from our current cloud services (OneDrive, Nextcloud self hosted). The lack of this kind of functionality is holding me back to switch to Proton with both my family users, as well as my businesses.